Quotes Archives

“An exercise in documenting words in the music I listen to with color and type. The constraints are simple: (1) Only use Georgia (serif) or Helvetica (sans) and (2) try to post as often as possible.”

—Ryan Sims on a revived Justwatchthesky

“For the most part, the type usage in each of the [Indiana Jones] movies is correct for the period depicted. With one exception: The maps used in the travel montages.”

—Mark Simonson

“…this isn’t a field of straightforward answers and universal solutions. We are often faced with problems that have multiple solutions, none of them perfect. To understand what makes each solution imperfect and to know which of them is the best choice in the situation—that’s knowing your craft.”

—Eric Meyer

“If people use your site enough, they’ll want an even faster way to reach the content they want. They’re not browsing anymore. They are power users. They know what they want. Give them a nicely hackable URL to do this.”

—Adam Darowski on the URL as UI

“Actually, the page used to be #DD00FF from circa 1994 until late 2006, resulting in numerous complaints that it was not quite purple. On 6-Nov-2006 I changed it to #7D26CD based on various recommendations. It’s darker than the old purple, but more clearly purple.”

—Purple.com Frequently Asked Questions

“Ironic, isn’t it? Giving away a physical item to promote a digital product? Welcome to this strange new world the internet’s creating.”

—Dave Shea on Producing

“We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.”

—Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer

“While I was doing some research for one of my upcoming projects today, I found the very first Photoshop icon. It’s actually a tiny little photo shop!”

—Sebastiaan de With

“Be polite. No, you’re no more cool than the other dork standing next to you. They may call it an ‘Interactive’ conference but really it’s a large gathering of computer nerds.”

—The Airbag Guide to SXSW for Newbs and Veterans

“I haven’t expressed sheer effusiveness about a logo on Brand New before, but I think this warrants it: I love it. I would even call it ‘brilliantly executed’ and stand behind it 100%.”

—Armin Vit on a clever mouse

“In 1976, after only working for two weeks at Apple, [original Apple logo designer, Ronald] Wayne relinquished his stock (10% of the company) for a one-time payment of $800 because he thought Apple was too risky.”

—The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos

“In the beginning, there is the screenplay. The story, the IDEA. Your Photoshop canvas is blank but your mind is racing … You obsess over every pixel the way a good director would obsess over every frame.”

—Ryan Sims on Cinematic Web Design